COOPERVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) –- A detective from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has received the department’s highest award for tracking down the teenager responsible for several fake threats in West Michigan and across the nation.
Forensic Detective Kerri Cannata recently received the Distinguished Law Enforcement Award, along with a commendation from the FBI.
Detective Kerri Cannata accepts the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office award for her work in tracking down a swatter.
The “catch me if you can” case began in September 2014 with an active shooter threat to Coopersville Public Schools.
“We didn’t have any idea if it was someone local or in a different state or different county,” said Cannata.
It turned out to be a swatting incident, which is characterized as a prank call made to emergency responders in an attempt to draw a large law enforcement response to a particular address.
In this case, officers responded, the school went into lockdown and some parents to keep their children home.
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